MOTHER’S PRAYER

While my darling child is sleeping In her little bed, Mother’s earnest prayer is heaping Blessings on her head. First she prays that God will teach her, How to worthy be Of so sweet a child to love her; Then, to clearly see, Duties of her noble calling— That, as days go by, She may help that soul develop All that’s pure and high. “Make my little darling happy,” Fondly mother prays; Happy as the birds and blossoms Through the summer days. May God keep her sweet and loving, Strong to battle sin, And, as now she trust in mother, May she trust in Him!